Since 2000, doctors have used elevated blood concentrations of a protein called B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) to detect incipient heart failure in people with chest pain or other inconclusive symptoms.
BNP might also be a tool for predicting a person’s risk of death, researchers report in the Dec.
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